Monday, September 14, 2015

Earth Flight - Janet Edwards

Earth Flight

Janet Edwards

Pyr, Sep 8 2015, $17.99

ISBN: 9781633880924

Towards the end of the twenty-eighth century, mankind lives on
over 1200 planets due to the ease in which 99.9% of humanity can use portals to
instantly teleport amongst the myriad of orbs.
In spite of her recent incredible archaeological rescue in the ruins of
what were once Manhattan and her astonishing military deeds, teenager Jaara
Tell Morath remains handicapped by her immune system to stay permanently on Planet
One with no basic human rights. Her
feelings of being a left behind second class citizen were heightened by her
parents’ abandonment as a baby and called a Neanderthal ape all her life.

Hate crime attacks on the Handicapped increase dramatically. At the same time working for the military, Jaara
and her normal boyfriend Fian Andrej Eklund decipher a recently found ancient
alien probe that proclaims a major threat to all humanity exists. Jaara is the solo hope for a savior, but she
must instantly teleport to a world far, far away from her earthbound home. She accepts a life threatening experimental
surgery to enable her to accomplish the mission.

The third Jaara futuristic middle school science fiction (see Earth Star and Earth Girl) is a fine fast-paced
finish to a fascinating trilogy though this entry loses some of its social
awareness (re the harmful effects of prejudice) with the operation that
normalizes the heroine. Tweener and
young teens will enjoy the daring deeds of Jaara who refused to be stereotyped;
and her supportive boyfriend who believes his beloved can do anything a Norm
can do and more.